Before I Gotothe Lfs...

[lisa2701]

So i'm getting ready to go and buy my endlers, I have located them (finally) at a LFS. My filter was cycled when I got it and i've been testing it with ammonia over the last week. Other than a day where I thought it wasn't processing the .25 of my ammonia (which it was i was just reading the test under flurecent light making 0 look like .25 ) its been processing 2-3ppm in about 12 hours.... so I am good to go.

this morning my water readings were:

ammonia:0
Nitrite:0
Nitrate:40
PH: 7.2
Temp: 24c

So I done a 50% water change and have brought my Nitrate levels down to between 10-20ppm, there is such little difference between them on the colour chart card its hard to tell if its 10 or 20. Is this safe for them or should I do another water change?

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Nitrates aren't harmful until they are well in the 100s. So no they won't be harmful to your fish.

The reason we do water changes to reduce them is because they can lead to algae and we need to change the water to reintroduce minerals that have been used up by fish and plants. Just try to keep your nitrate levels within about 20 of what comes in your tap water.

 

[lisa2701]

Nitrates aren't harmful until they are well in the 100s. So no they won't be harmful to your fish.

The reason we do water changes to reduce them is because they can lead to algae and we need to change the water to reintroduce minerals that have been used up by fish and plants. Just try to keep your nitrate levels within about 20 of what comes in your tap water.

Ahh ok, just goes to show you the rubbish you can find on the internet. Some other person (NOT on this site) was being told 40 would kill her fish and she had to do a huge water change . Once again I am so glad to have this forum to keep me right.

Well in this case - i am off to buy some

 

[hensonc4098]

Ahh ok, just goes to show you the rubbish you can find on the internet. Some other person (NOT on this site) was being told 40 would kill her fish and she had to do a huge water change . Once again I am so glad to have this forum to keep me right.

Well in this case - i am off to buy some

Sounds like a nitrate/nitrite mixup - but anyways. Are you getting them from MA?

 

[lisa2701]

No my nearest MA won't be getting them for another two weeks and I'm impatient. I've got them from a local pet shop. Got 5 (its all they had) will post pictures later once they are settled, still acclimatising just now.

 

[TekFish]

Yay I love Endlers , especially the colours. Looks like they've been painted by an exceptionally artistic child.

TekFish

 

[lisa2701]

Yay I love Endlers , especially the colours. Looks like they've been painted by an exceptionally artistic child. :lol

TekFish

I love it! It really does doesn't it. It's their colours I love too. The ones I've got haven't got much black on them like the black bar, it's possible they're hybrids for all I know but I love them. Their colours are so striking! Up to my eyes in it just now but I will post pictures later.

 

[Essjay]

Don't worry about the nitrate level; as someone else has said, keep them at or below your tapwater level plus 20.
Nitrate can be used as an indicator of your maintenance regime. There are lots of other things in the tank we can't measure. Some are things that build up and need removing, others get used up and need replenishing. Doing water changes as needed to stop the nitrate level going above tap+20 will remove/replenish the other things as well as nitrate.